Elopement Scandal Shatters High Society Trust
Constance and Edward Withers face public disgrace as a bank partner's elopement with his brother’s wife sparks a high society scandal. Harriet sues for truth while Mrs Withers braces for ruin as a sensational press explodes the affair into a dwelling of whispers and accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barling
Europe
Tsiberie Tepiasa
Harriet
Hari
Beni
Pete
Mrs. Withers
Edward Withers
Mr. Withers
Elnathan
Constance
Fshing
Edward
Connie
Chronicle
Humane Sheet
Sibel
Harriett
Mountain Lion Follows Cheyenne Indian Like a Pet
A military correspondent notes a Rocky Mountain lion that became unusually tame around one Cheyenne Indian. The creature followed its master everywhere, entering the post trader store and obeying commands, until sold for pay and moved to the National Museum in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cai
Rk Sun
National Museum
Washington
The Wisdom of the Crow and its Counting Cleverness
A naturalist in Wales studied crows and claimed they can count to twenty or twenty six. He watched flocks near a sheep carcass, hid, and noted the birds returned only after all were gone. Repeated tests with different numbers of boys showed the old crow counted precisely before resuming feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Straigh
Thement
Pumice Stone Origins and Lipari Quarry Trade
Pumice, a volcanic trachytic lava, is lightened by gas escape and found around Tyrrhenian shores but chiefly mined on Lipari. From Monte Chirica in Lipari, about 1,000 workers extract pumice from a three square mile district. blocks and baskets transport to shore for export. The quarry trade supports twenty to thirty merchants and yields more powdered than block pumice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrrhenianea
Lipari
Monte Chirica
London News
Comparative Draw of Morte on Various Pavements
In the most favorable metal rail conditions a horse can draw one to one and two third times as much as on the best asphalt. It can draw three and one third times as much as on wood paving in good condition, five times as much as on wood paving in bad condition, seven times as much as on good cobblestone, thirteen times as much as on bad cobblestone, twenty times as much as on earth road, and forty times as much as on sand.
Women health myths and a strange news mix
A stream of varied clippings covers sensational health claims by Lydia E. Pinkham, odd animal facts, a prize can, and peculiar births. Topics include medical advice for women, a Detroit man’s gift can worth 3000 dollars, Holland horse meat trade, a tiny London terrier, a seven footed pig birth, and a Louisville arrest description of a man with multiple disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. H. Hale
Detroit
Holland
France
England
London
Archibald Maclaine
Jesse Carey
Marion
Ind
Louisville
Texas prospects and new inventions attract settlers
The article highlights Texas as a land of milder winters and high profits with earlier seasons, urging land seekers to migrate for larger farms and increased wealth. It notes Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway excursions and a pamphlet on resources, plus discoveries like the phonendoscope and blotting towel, and a Kansas group pledging marriage salary standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oye
Gulf Coast
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Tex
H. A. Cherrier
Northern
Marquette
Chicago
Atchison
Kansas
Wedding Superstition From A Vague Quote
A garbled excerpt discusses wedding superstitions and doom for brides who find a spider on their dress. It includes a misquoted doomsay and references a quote attributed to a biblical-sounding figure, with a later remark about people repeating old life. The text blends superstition with a misattributed saying from Cramo Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Ramo Horn
Household Ints Tips For Cooking And Decoration
Practical household pointers on cucumber prep meringues cooling methods for lightness and browning, pickling with grape leaves to preserve cucumbers, blanching meat with boiling water then cold water rubs for easy skin removal, egg yolk handling in fish salads, cooling boiled meats for moisture, quick whipped cream method, and decorative grasses and foliage for table decor. A note states no one under sixteen may enter a theatre or tavern in Heligoland.
Gems and bric a brac and Kipling book news
Pearls and other novelties excite women with clocks and opalescent onyx cases. Punch caps appear in varied shapes in Venetian and Bohemian glass. Rudyard Kipling announces a new book of ballads titled The Seven Seas with several poems previously unpublished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Phrenologist Visit Hints at Future Changes in Hair and Mind
Fragmentary note describes a phrenologist visit noting lean or weary feelings and a prediction that hair will be transformed in the future. The writer references human love and a metaphorical lever, with unclear context and several garbled phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
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Reeby Marion Harland
International Press Association
Sysia
Lydia
Pinkham
Philadelphia
Heligoland
Pecal Ofer Bo
Aje
Bright
Clamarcnce
Sia
Fa Gee
Spacratona
D. Robrabaugh
Eidlot Dries
Pum Sims
Rus Sane Abe
Vache Bil Yuan Tee
Eaeee Fate Pere A
Rover
Hh-Carr
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